Sales-check holder.



L. F. HAGEMAN, 1R.

SALES CHECK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20. 1912.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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; s a ms I LOUIS r. 'HAGEMAN, JR oFKNI'AGARA rALLs, .NEW YORK, AssIGNon T AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, or TORQNTO', CANADA, A CORPORATION" or ONTARIO.

SALES-CHECK HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed January 20, 1912. Serial No. 672,441.

To all whom itoitay concern:

Be it known that I, 'LoUIs F. HAGEMAN,

' J r., 'acitizen of theUnited States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State; of New'York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in 'Salese Check Holders, of which the following is afull, clear, and vexact.description, such as I i will enable others skilled in the arttowhich it appertains to make andjuse the same.

V Thisinvention relates to salescheck hold- 1 'ersiancl-the like. e A .x One. of the objects of the present inven tion is to provide a simple and practical 1 will'be exemplified in the Construction hereinaftergset forth, and the scope :ofthe ap-.

device of the abovecharacter which maybe easily and quickly manipulated. I

Another object is to provide a device of the. above character which will be durable in construction and: inexpensive to manufacture. i Another obj ect, is, to provide acompact and'self-contained device-of the above characteiy 1, l

A'further object is to provide practical meansfor vpreventing-fraud,in the use of devices of the'above character. a o

Other objects will be in part obvious and inpart .pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features, of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement 10f parts which plication of which will be indicated in'the following claims. A

-'In the accompanying drawings, ,WhQI'GlIl is shownione ofvarious possible embodi-.

' mentsof this invention: Figure 1 is a side, I elevationof'the complete'device in operative position. i Fig. '2 is a similar viewiof the", holder, taken from the opposite/side, in open position; Fig. 3is a rear end'view. withthe,

' part'sin. open' position; Fig. l is a top plan 7 5 sides, hereinafter referred to '1 asxthe. front.

view of Fig.1; and -Figs.;,5 and 6 are detail sectionahviews f, the lockingcmeans, in.

locked and, unlockednpositions respectivelyl *fQSlIIlllZl-I' reference characters. refer to slmibein side 2, while the opposite or rear side is closed. by a swinging door? 3 hinged a4. to

the lower part of the casing. The top is adapted to be closed by a'second swinging door 5, which has directly connected therewith a third door 6 adapted to partially close the front openingQ when the device is, in. closed position; as shown in Fig. l.

This/door 6 not only. revents access to the stubs of the threepa s, Shown at 7, 8 and; 9, as well as the locking means hereinafter. 'dQSCIlbGd, but also acts as agripper-member.

and exerts a downward pressure on the pads to prevent relative movement thereof.

To the bottom of the casing is secured: a plate 10, extending outwardly through the. front opening 2 adapted to support the leaves of the pads. This plate also permits the padsto be readilyinserted or the stubs removed over the hinge 4 and the edgeof the door which is slightly above the upper surface of the bottom of the casing proper when the door is open. A hook '11 may be secured to the bottom of the casing in order that the device may be suspended from the belt of the-operator. a I

As is well known, devices of thischaracter are frequently? used. in. connection with lunch rooms, where the flexible leaves of the'pads, which are provided with columns Patented Oct. 19,1915. I

of numbers, are removed-andfpunched according to the amount ordered. Heretofore devices of this character have required a separate punch, carried by the operator orv waiter, and in; order to provide a practical andrself-contained, device free from objections incidentto former devices the present invention has the-punch directly connected therewith. This punch is shown more clearly in Fig. 3 and includes arod or'mem-i "ber, 12 passing through the upper part of the casing, provided at oneend with a push button 18 and atits'opposite end witha male;punch 14. This punch is adapted to pass through ahole 15in a female member lo secured to and spaced. from "the side of thercasingin any desiredmanner.

It will thus beseen that a check, after; torn. from the pad; may be inter-. pose between. the; member lfiand the: side of-the casing and the punchuactuated to mark or perforate the number. correspond: ing to the amount ordered.

In order to prevent the lossfor theftof the pads of checksin devices of. this style it is desirable to provide a convenient form of locking means for the pad holder or casing, the key to which is usually held by the cashier. The key, however, is not always obtainable or is lost so that there is more or 3 less inconvenience at all times. A similar result, however, may be attained, and withu out these objections, "by providing a seal to the pad 'holder, which is broken whenever the holder is Opened to remove or exchange the pads, :In} the present device the rear door-3 is provided with a resilient ,ca'tch17 provided at its opposite end with a second slot through which a screw 21 passes to hold the member 19in place and yet-permit .a relative sliding movement thereof; A cam 22 -positioned at one side of this-member 1's adapted toeng-age a seal defacingmembercomprisinga resilient spring arm 23, the free end 2 10f which is adapted to create a visual signal as by perforating or marking a seal of celluloid, parchment or other distinctive brittle material coveringthe under side of the opening 26.

I In normal or closed position the member 1.9 is positioned at the left, Fig. 5, whereby the 'cam- 22 holds the member 24: out of con- 0; vice'of this character issubstantially as foltact with the seal .Onimoving the member 19, which may be conveniently done by en-'" gagin a de ressedlug 27 with a knife or coin (Fig. 45, and moving-the same to the right in a slot 28 in the top plate5, it will carry thexcam 22, Fig. 5, out of'engagement with the resilient arm-23 and permit the:

perforator to break the seal 25, Fig. 6.

I A convenient method of operatinga delowsz The pad holder is normally suspended from-the belt of the'waiter by the hook 11,

- and'on presenting a check the holder is removedfrom the belt, the top leaf of the pad removed and placed in operative relation to the punch 14 as-shown by dotted lines in" Fig. 4 in order to perforate a-number ac- .cording to the amount ordered. When the J pads are exhausted the waiter is obliged to goto the cashier or manager for new pads,

the-seal to lie-broken by the perforator 24 and also releases 'the catch 17 from its en-r gagenr ent with the slot 18 as the block. 19

moves out of engagement therewith. The

rear door is then opened and the-stubs ofthe pads removed. The new padsare insertedthrough the rear-:opening, plates 29 passing between the top and "bottom leaves thereof,

accordingto their location, untilthey en- 1 j gage the bindingsgofthe; pads. In this the pad, toldraw the same out through the;

a manner itis impossible, without destroying front opening. The manager then. moves" 7 the member 19 to its locking'positiomthe perforator24 having been restored to'normal position by the engagement ofthe cam 22 therewith and inserts a fresh sealover the opening 26. All this is done while the 7 doors are in substantially the position shown in Fig. 2. The door 5 isthen swung downwardly causing the doorv6jto press down upon the-top of'the pads, grip the same in-;

termediate the ends thereof, and hold the 7 same in position: The rear door 3 is closed" 1 and the catch 17 snaps intothe slot 18, thus:

firmly locking the deviceand all three'doors' in .closed position. "The door-5 and inem ber 19maybebeveled atf30 and3ltofacili-V tate matters if desired:- The holder'issthen' ready for further operation; when necessary." '8 5: i":

It is thus seenthat' this invention-pro and advantages above set forth. As many changes could: be made in the vides a. simple and practical device acconr 7 ii 5 plish1ng,:among others, all of the objects I c 1 above construct on and many fapparently widely different embodiments of thisinven I tion: could be' 'made without departing from the scope thereof,it is intended that all mat ter jv contained in the above-description-or; shown inlthe V accompanying drawings a shall v be interpreted as; illustrative 'andnot- 'i a" limiting sense. r I

Having describedmy invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecureb' L tt Pat6nt"is:- v i V 1; In a device of the character' 'desoribed; V

' in combination, casing adapted h 01 set of leaves and: having-apermanently' open side through which said set of 'leaves -is;

adapted to extend, movable adjacent walls,

a gripper'member associated with'on'e' of said'walls, said adjacent walls' b'eing.mov-

able into positions to form sidesiifof-said casing and to cause-said gripper member to gripsaid set of leaves, a catch on one of i said. walls and'a catch member on another- I of said Walls adapted tojcooper'ate with saida- 'first catch to secure said Walls in casing- 1 forming position and said gripper :member;

inv gripping-position. whereupon the manager first inspects the seal through the opening 26 to'see if the de- 'vicehas been tampered with, andifallrigh't, moves theilug 27 to the right, which permits 2. Ina device "of I in combina'tion, a casing adapted to holdia' the character-described, i.

a gripper member;associatedwithaone 'of I if said walls, said'adjacent walls being move able into positions to formsidesi'of saidcasing andito fcause saidfgrippenmember to grip saidseflof leaves, a "catchon one ofsaid walls,- and l a catch m'emberfon another V of said walls adaptedto cooperate with'said: i I

first catch "to secure said "Wallstin casingforming position and said gripper member" in gripping position, and means adapted to disengage said catch members.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, a casing adapted to hold a set of leaves and having a permanently open side through which said set of leaves extends, movable adjacent walls, a gripper.

member associated with one of said walls,

said adjacent walls being movable into positions to form sides of said casing and to cause said gripper member to grip said set of leaves, a catch on one ofsaid walls, a.

catch member on another of said walls cooperating with said first catch to secure said walls in casing-forming position and said gripping members in gripping position, means for disengaging said catch members, and a seal defacing member operated by said disengaging means.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, a casing permanently open at one side and adapted to receive a set of leaves, a wall opposite said open side, movable to permit the set of leaves to be moved each leaf in said casing.

relative to said casing, and means adapted to grip the set of leaves to hold a portion of 5. In a device of the character described,

' in combination, acasing permanently open atone side and adapted to receive a plurality of pads, a wall'opposite said open side, movable to permit the plurality of pads to be introduced into said casing, gripping means adapted to prevent relative movement of said pads in said casing, and means adapted to prevent the removal of the stubs of said pads except in the path of their introduction.

6. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a casing having a permanently open side and a plurality of movable walls, one of said walls being movable to permit the introduction of a set of leaves into said'casing, another of said walls having a gripper. member associated therewith, and means whereby said first and second movable Walls are adapted to coact in lock-r ing engagement to grip said set of leaves and hold a portion of each leaf against withdrawal from the casing.

7. In a deviceof the character described,

in combination, a casing adapted to hold a Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. 0. 

